By: Sports DeskUpdated: October 8, 2025 11:46 PM IST 2 min readThe striker also hinted that he would give up playing club football before hanging up his boots for the national team. (AP)Portugal and Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo said that even though his family wants him to stop before scoring 1000 career goals, he still feels that he is producing good things on the field and when he does retire, he wants to feel fulfilled. “People, especially my family, say, ‘It’s time for you to stop. You’ve done everything. Why do you want to score a thousand goals?’ But I don’t think so. I think I’m still producing good things, I’m helping my club and the national team, and why not keep going?,” Ronaldo said to Canal 11.“I’m sure that when I finish, I’ll be fulfilled, because I gave it my all. I know I don’t have many more years, but the few I have, I’ll try to enjoy to the fullest,” he added.The Portuguese talisman is currently 54 goals short of the historic landmark and hopes to come closer to it when he plays the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Ireland and Hungary next week. The striker also hinted that he would give up playing club football before hanging up his boots for the national team.“I often say that if I could, I would only play football for the national team. I wouldn’t play for any other club because it (international football) is the culmination and the peak of a football player. It’s an honour for me to play for the national team. I’m sure the next games will go well and that we will qualify for the World Cup. Obviously, our goal is to go to the World Cup and win it, but we have to take everything step by step,” he said.Meanwhile, Ronaldo also became the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great’s net worth at an estimated $1.4 billion.The 40-year-old striker’s financial ascent comes after he signed a new contract with Saudi side Al-Nassr in June reportedly worth more than $400 million.© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:cristiano ronaldo